Continued Thursday 29th. November 1787 .

made several Reports touching the inclosing and Building the said
House which upon the 6th. November 1674 were confirmed and Mr.
Treasurer was desired to pay the Workmen and the said House of
Hospital was soon after elected and compleated at great expence
raised partly by the Voluntary contributions of divers well
disposed Governors and others particularly given and
appropriated for that purpose and the rest by and out of
the Revenues of the same Hospital, and Rooms or Cells
and other conveniencies for the reception and accommodation
of a greater number of patients than the original number
of 120 were added in so much that the said Hospital
in its present state has received and is capable of
receiving no less than 300 Lunatic patients with the
proper Officers and Servants for their care and support
including the incurables a large proportion whereof
belongs to the City of London (see the Calculation of
the expences left herewith). That at a Court held
at Bridewell Hospital 5th. August 1784 upon redding
a Report from a Committee stating that they had
taken into consideration the encreasing the number of
incurable Patients in Bethlem Hospital in order to
carry into execution the Pious intentions of divers Governors
and others particularly directed to that Branch of that
most useful Charity and having taken a View of all the
apartments Cells and conveniences within the Walls of the
said Hospital and considered the improvements that would
be necessary were unanimously of opinion that the Building
at the East end of the said Hospital formerly used as
an Infirmary might without any inconvenience be appropriated
for the immediate reception of 10 Incurable Patients in
addition to the 100 Incurable patients already maintained